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Rochard · 07-30-2014, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

Those of us who know about such things have been quietly stocking up over recent months and years. Anyone who is mindful of having any sort of preparedness for whatever might come in the near or not-too-distant future is and should be ready to self-sustain for at least 6 months.

Key words being "at least".

If your water and power shuts off, if your local supermarket shelves are suddenly empty, and something like ebola is out there killing everyone, you're either going to be screwed like the rest or you're going to survive.

Which one will you be?

Of course you could just pick up a gun and be the guy that goes out and steals from the people who are prepared when you weren't. But the flaw in that plan is that you may very well get your theiving useless head blown off by someone who truly IS prepared. ha, won't that be fun? :D

This is what I'm saying.... It doesn't matter what it is but you can't think "It would never happen here" because it can.

A while back our town had a propane train fire - and without warning they evacuated 30k people out of town. If you were told to leave your house for six days and only had five minutes of warning, could you do it?

Years ago during the Loma Prieta earthquake we went days with no power.... The first two days were fun until you discovered most of your food has gone bad, and the stores aren't open.

I just like to keep prepared.

dyna mo · 07-30-2014, 09:49 AM

If you are concerned about gen noise, go with an inverter charger and battery with a solar panel. 3000 watts is a lot of juice more than needed if you don't plan on running an ac unit. A good inverter charger like the 1500 watt Aims + a group 4d gel battery and a solar panel is a slick setup and will handle a lot and no noise. All for about $1000, less if you don't need a pure sine wave power source.

PR_Glen · 07-30-2014, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by crockett

It really would not be that bad in the US.. It's only spread by bodily fluids and it doesn't have a long incubation period. We don't have open air meat markets in the US and we don't live with farm animal, nor do we wash our own dead. The reason this is a problem in these African nations is because of the sanitary conditions.

Most Western countries do not have these problems, hence Ebola is a third world epidemic unless it ever becomes air born..

Yeah, I agree, i wasn't being sarcastic. Most of what whp posts is idiotic and negative. It was just refreshing for him to say something that is not purely fear mongering based.

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Originally Posted by EngineCash

Yeah, this is all true... Mankind has not found the cure for Ebola, and 90% of infected people die, so this really is a deadliest disease know to man... I hope they will make it all right in Africa...

Wrong, the flu has been and remains the biggest killer virus in history. If you've ever read a history book you would know this. I don't see anyone panicking about that one though..

Grapesoda · 07-30-2014, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by PR_Glen

Yeah, I agree, i wasn't being sarcastic. Most of what whp posts is idiotic and negative. It was just refreshing for him to say something that is not purely fear mongering based.

Wrong, the flu has been and remains the biggest killer virus in history. If you've ever read a history book you would know this. I don't see anyone panicking about that one though..

sure you do all the time... remember sars?

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dyna mo The People's Post Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: invisible 7-11 Posts: 63,910	If you are concerned about gen noise, go with an inverter charger and battery with a solar panel. 3000 watts is a lot of juice more than needed if you don't plan on running an ac unit. A good inverter charger like the 1500 watt Aims + a group 4d gel battery and a solar panel is a slick setup and will handle a lot and no noise. All for about $1000, less if you don't need a pure sine wave power source. Last edited by dyna mo; 07-30-2014 at 09:51 AM..